With the aim to support the growing number of Irish and Portuguese companies in this “industrial hub” region, we assembled an impressive panel of speakers and invited all business leaders in the region and our members near and far to join us in person and help us build successful long-term business relationships and raise awareness of the IPBN within the region.
Many thanks to our partner for the conference Global Shares, who recently opened in Porto their second office in Portugal, our host the Porto Innovation Hub and the City Hall of Porto for helping us make this exciting event possible and to set the stage for future IPBN events in the “City of the Bridges,” so that it can become an integral part of the IPBN just as Lisbon and the Algarve are.
Programme
10.30 Registration & coffee
10.45 Welcome address from H.E. Ralph Victory, Ambassador of Ireland to Portugal
10,50 Presentation of the IPBN - Geoffrey Graham, Chair of the IPBN Board of Directors
11.00 Opening Statement - Aisling Riordan, Corporate Communications Manager at Global Shares
11.15 Presentation by Qian Ribeiro, Project Manager at the City of Porto followed by a conversation "Doing Business & Investing in Porto" moderated by Aoife Healy, IPBN Board member
- Rui Manuel Monteiro, Director of the Municipal Department of Economics, Porto City Council
- Philomene Dias - Director Inward Investment - AICEP Portugal Global
- Aisling Riordan - Corporate Communications Manager - Global Shares
12.00 IPBN Members Business Case studies introduced by Arnold Delville, IPBN General Manager, with:
- John Paul Prior, GM of Music Maker
- Nuno Pinto, GM of Vitae Professionals
- Helder Soares, Co-founder & Managing Director of Craftable Software
The conference was free and open to members and non-members. You will find here the recording the conference on the IPBN’s YouTube channel for those who were unable to attend in person and more particularly for our members in Ireland who are looking at moving to the region and doing business from here. .
For our guests travelling for the conference
We agreed a special rate with the OCA ORIENTAL PORTO HOTEL****.
Book your place
21st April 2022
Anyone purchasing IPBN Member Tickets must have valid IPBN Membership on the day of the event. To purchase membership go to Join us. To check your membership status contact arnold.delville@ireland-portugal.com.
